finxi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →fingo, fingere, finxi, fictus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
mold, form, shape; create, invent; produce; imagine; compose; devise, contrive;; adapt, transform into; modify (appearance/character/behavior); groom;; make up (story/excuse); pretend, pose; forge, counterfeit; act insincerely;
sg. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...nefas, quod ipsa demens pectore insano hauseram, mentita finxi. uana punisti pater, iuuenisque castus crimine incesto iacet, pudicus..."IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...crimen si fatendum sit, num animum mihi ipse finxi, aut mea potestate regitur affectus? an arbitrio formantis mores..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...tacita formavi gaudia mente! quos ego non finxi disposuique modos! nostra tamen iacuere velut praemortua membra turpiter hesterna..."